Chapter 675

No need to elaborate—the Ruler's Eye bearer now had the Supreme Bone; such reinforcement was unprecedented, truly creating a miracle. If Shi Yi grows up, his future is boundless.

Yet Shi Hao, despite losing the Supreme Bone, still reached this point—equally legendary, destined to shock the world.

The world stirred with wind and clouds, especially the Shi Kingdom, which became the focus of attention; if a battle were to occur, it would surely be held in the Shi Kingdom.

"Shi Yi is not in the imperial city; little one, you must wait a few more days."

Fang Yu had already seen that Shi Yi was not in the imperial city, and spoke up.

"Yes, Master. I will now contemplate the deeper transformations of the Transformation Spirit realm, making final preparations for this battle."

Shi Hao was not in a hurry; he cultivated within the Lord of the Wild Heaven's mansion.

He had gained many wonders in the North Sea's Kunpeng lands and possessed ninety-nine Pure Yang Pills, ample energy—he now needed to carefully ponder the ultimate limits of the Transformation Spirit realm.

"Indeed, you should cultivate well. Your master must also awaken to his own nature."

Fang Yu did not leave; he decided to break through his realm within the marquis's mansion.

His current realm is the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities—the Heavenly Manifestation of Law and Heaven. The next realm is the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities—Defying Heaven and Altering Fate.

Ordinary cultivators might need decades or even centuries to break from the 9th Stage to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, but Fang Yu had gained many wonders lately: he acquired several Divine Abilities in the Kanlishen Sect, and here he obtained another Ruler's Eye. With so many advantages concentrated in one person, Fang Yu now intended to strike for the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities.

Especially in the Perfect World, Fang Yu resolved to slightly blend this world's cultivation method with the Eternal Life method, deepening his understanding of his own Physical Body.

Beside Fang Yu, Shi Hao advanced further in the Transformation Spirit realm, activating his inner Divine Radiance and runes, attempting to combine them into more refined arrangements.

Around Shi Hao appeared tower after tower, each glowing brilliantly, crystal-clear and dazzling, beautifully striking.

He suppressed each strand of Divine Radiance, shaping it into a small tower, then used those towers to assemble into individual runes—a process extremely arduous, nearly making him spit blood.

In battle with Shi Ziteng, Shi Hao was unharmed, but in this process of combination, he nearly spat blood.

Bone runes are composed of Divine Radiance—they are the most fundamental elements. Constructing bone runes means arranging radiant light, allowing them to evolve and combine.

Yet refining Divine Radiance into small towers, then using those towers to construct bone runes—this became impossibly difficult.

Yet Shi Hao attempted it, unafraid of failure.

Eventually, his inner Divine Radiance transformed into small towers, which then assembled into bone runes—he sensed a strange power, peculiar and imbued with mysterious Dao rhythm.

"Hmm? Good, very good."

As Fang Yu contemplated the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities—Defying Heaven and Altering Fate—he noticed Shi Hao's transformation. Only someone like Shi Hao, whose thinking knows no bounds, would dare attempt such a path; anyone else would have long since broken through to the Inscribed Pattern realm.

Fang Yu's spiritual sense flowed, shifting slightly—within his body, various runes circulated, first forming the shape of a bell, countless tiny bells flowing and resonating together.

At that moment, Fang Yu's body seemed to emit a bell-like chime, accompanied by a wave of Dao rhythm.

He felt his body's defensive capability had improved.

It was a peculiar experience.

Not far away, Shi Hao also immersed himself—he refined his Divine Radiance into a furnace, thereby evolving his Divine Art; instantly, his entire body glowed, becoming like a great fire furnace, divine energy surging, greatly strengthened.

When this Divine Radiance took the form of swords, halberds, battle spears, and other weapons, different transformations occurred—Shi Hao felt his offensive power had greatly increased.

Different forms yielded different effects; he continuously explored.

From initial stiffness to final fluidity, Shi Hao could swiftly shift—ultimately, he could effortlessly transform his Divine Radiance into various weapons: swords, bells, towers, tripods, even appearing simultaneously.

Even his spiritual force attempted such transformations—a mass of spiritual fire burned in his skull, turning into countless tiny furnaces, instantly illuminating his mind.

"The Transformation Spirit realm—this realm is truly excellent."

Fang Yu watched as the little one evolved such changes—his spiritual force forming a spiritual fire, then transforming into tiny furnaces—and realized that if this occurred in the Eternal Life Realm, it would greatly aid cultivators breaking into the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

The earliest cultivation realms showed some commonalities between the Perfect World and the Eternal Life World: the Blood Moving realm both refined the Physical Body, while the Cave Heaven realm belonged exclusively to the Perfect World.

If one cultivates to the Blood Moving realm, skips the Cave Heaven realm, comprehends the Spirit Awakening and Divine Transformation stages, and reaches the Transformation Spirit realm—forming a spiritual fire furnace—this would greatly assist Physical Body Secret Realm cultivators in breaking into the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

For an instant, Fang Yu thought his little disciple might even follow the Eternal Life method—but then he dismissed the idea as inappropriate.

After all, in the Eternal Life Realm, upon reaching the Longevity Secret Realm, each advancement brings celestial rewards of vast laws and Xu Yuan Qi to aid cultivation—but in this Perfect World, the Immortal Domain declared it had no such rules: you advance if you can, what's it to me?

Thus, the Eternal Life method works perfectly from the Physical Body Realm to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, but if he reached the Longevity Secret Realm, advancement would become extremely difficult—unless the Immortal Domain established an advancement law.

But clearly, the Immortal Domain of the Perfect World was a sneaky bastard that would never allow such a thing to happen.

Yet for Fang Yu, having cultivated to the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities via the Eternal Life method, then studying the Perfect World's method here, greatly enhanced his own understanding.

At one moment, within Fang Yu's body, countless eyes evolved deep within his Physical Body.

Each eye was a Ruler's Eye—dense and countless.

At this moment, Fang Yu seemed like a terrifying giant demon with countless Ruler's Eyes—enough to make anyone with a fear of clusters feel their scalp tingle.

Yet after Fang Yu condensed these countless Ruler's Eyes, a profound, mysterious change arose within his heart.

It was an awakening.

"My lifespan is now nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, ten months, ten days."

At this moment, Fang Yu clearly sensed his lifespan—and felt that with every instant, his lifespan drained into the boundless void.

Lifespan—every moment, decreasing.

Fang Yu clearly "saw" his own Life Lines.

He knew—in this very moment—he had elevated to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities: Defying Heaven and Altering Fate.

The 10th Stage of Divine Abilities brought no dazzling changes, no earth-shattering Divine Abilities—only an essential understanding of oneself and the cosmos.

"The next realm is the Longevity Secret Realm."